No. 170: Israel’s flicks, an invention demo and inside the Tunnel of Fudge

MIAMI - OCTOBER 23: Recording artist Yanni performs the National Anthem before game five of the Major League Baseball World Series between the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins on October 23, 2003 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

November 14, 2016

It’s Monday out there: A great start to the week everybody and welcome new readers John, Paul, Christian, Chris and Justin. Great to have you on board. Collectively, don’t forget to send tips, story ideas, criticisms and corrections to editor@innovateli.com.

Today is Nov. 14, on which the bundt pan was invented in 1950. It didn’t really take off until 1966, when Houston housewife Ella Helfrich placed second in the Pillsbury Bake-Off with a cake called Tunnel of Fudge. From her 2015 obit: “Ella believed there were four basic food groups: sugar, butter, chocolate and pecans.”

Happy birthday to Islip’s Steve Flotteron. Yanni is 62.

Don’t forget the Super Moon tonight, biggest since 1948. (Although, as one astronomer noted, the difference is like getting a 16-inch pizza instead of a 15 inch.)

Watch this: If you can stand one more night of politics on TV, Steve Israel is hosting his favorite political films on Turner Classic Movies tomorrow.

Showing off: Better crutches, hand and foot warmers for surfers and a hands-free phone gizmo are some of the cool stuff being shown off at the Suffolk Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club demo night, tomorrow, 7 p.m. Dennison Building in Hauppauge, free but bring an ID to get in.

Inking the deal: The Brookhaven IDA has closed on a package of economic incentives for UI Supplies Inc., a toner cartridge remanufacturer supplier, and its affiliate, UI Digital, a fast-growing start-up producer of short-run label-printing equipment, as they make the move from Holbrook to Yaphank and staff up.

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